Dr. Hiroshi Senou, Japan
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We would like to thank Dr. Hiroshi Senou from Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Japan for the first photo of the goby Priolepis fallacincta. Priolepis fallacincta lives hidden in small caves and coral reef crevices where the goby finds protection from predators.
Priolepis rearing experiments confirmed that in female-female pairs the larger individual changed to male, and in male-male pairs the smaller animal changed sex to female.
The gonads of these species simultaneously formed ovarian and testicular portions with a like gonad structure.
Spawning occurred in the experiments, indicating that individuals sexed by the shape of the genital papillae were normally classified as
functioned normally as males or females.
Pairs that did not spawn also underwent a sex change.
The eight-striped reef goby, if ever available for purchase, should be kept only with other quiet fish in a well-structured tank with plenty of hiding places.
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
Priolepis rearing experiments confirmed that in female-female pairs the larger individual changed to male, and in male-male pairs the smaller animal changed sex to female.
The gonads of these species simultaneously formed ovarian and testicular portions with a like gonad structure.
Spawning occurred in the experiments, indicating that individuals sexed by the shape of the genital papillae were normally classified as
functioned normally as males or females.
Pairs that did not spawn also underwent a sex change.
The eight-striped reef goby, if ever available for purchase, should be kept only with other quiet fish in a well-structured tank with plenty of hiding places.
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
